Yunzhen and Huang Wanqiu looked at each other. They had just heard of a scholar. Here they heard someone saying that their daughter would become a concubine. If they want to become a concubine, it would be much more difficult to be compared to the imperial examination. Now the highest title in the harem of the Ming Dynasty is Jieyu. There is also a nine concubine above Jieyu, and the imperial concubine above the nine concubines is the imperial concubine. No matter how beautiful his daughter looks, it is almost a difficult thing to become a concubine.

However, when everyone was very interested in hearing the middle-aged man say this, he looked at the woman in the middle, but unfortunately he couldn't see her face. Judging from her figure and exposed eyes, she was indeed a beautiful woman with a charming figure.

With so many eyes focused on him, the woman's face turned red in an instant, almost lowering her head to her chest.

"What are you looking at? How can you ordinary people see it at will?" The middle-aged man said with his eyes on his hips again.

Many scholars were very angry when middle-aged people looked arrogant. However, since middle-aged people said that, even if the woman in front of them could not become a concubine, she would at least have the identity of a beautiful woman. Most people were unwilling to cause trouble, so everyone had to turn their eyes aside.

Seeing that everyone was not talking, the middle-aged man showed a hint of lust on his face. He also directed several servants to move a carriage to the ship. Another carriage sent a servant back. Fortunately, the ship was big and the deck could easily accommodate carriages and horses. However, many people who were already standing on the deck had to move away. Although they didn't say anything, their faces looked ugly.

The middle-aged man seemed to be unaware of the dissatisfaction with the people on the ship. Just now, the middle-aged man with a hook nose urged him to start the ship. After looking at the many empty seats on the ship, although the bosses were a little reluctant, they still raised the sails.

Taking advantage of this, Xia Yunzhen and Huang Wanqiu quickly booked a position on the ship, but the good positions on the ship had been booked, leaving only a few empty positions. The two had to book a relatively clean position. The position was too narrow, so they could only allow the two of them to lie down and naturally did not want to stay in the warehouse and come back to the deck again.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." As soon as the ship started, a burst of shouts came from the road ahead. Four people who looked like scholars were panting and running forward. They were still one step late when they arrived at the dock, the ship was already ten meters away from the dock, and they could only sigh at the boat.

"Hehe, it seems that the four nerds were not scared, they had to be scared a little slower." Huang Wanqiu said softly.

Xia Yun showed a bright smile and they had arrived almost half an hour ago. If they hadn't been scared by them, the four scholars would have been able to catch up with the ship. Now they can only spend one or two hours waiting for the next ship.

Xia Yunzhen smiled and saw the famous scholars around him stunned and asked, "This brother has invited me. Brother Tang Mingyang, my brother, the surname Gao?"

When the scholar named Tang Dizi asked, the people around him quickly pricked up their ears. Even the girl not far away looked at her, as if she was very interested in Xia Yunzhen and the others.

It will take about four days to go from water to Nanjing on the same boat. Unless you keep hiding in the warehouse for these four days, everyone will look down and look up. Xia Yunzhen did not keep people from thousands of miles away like on the road. She said lightly: "My surname is Xia. This is my cousin. Her surname is Huang."

"It turns out they are Brother Xia and Brother Huang." Although they only said one surname and the scholar named Tang Mingyang did not care. They asked eagerly: "The two brothers are also going to Beijing to take the exam."

"no."

"That's looking for relatives and friends?"

"no."

"Or it's just exploring the ghost and seeking victory?"

"That's right."

Tang Mingyang finally breathed a sigh of relief. The handsome young man in front of him was extremely cold. If he couldn't ask three or four times in a row, he would not have such a thick face to continue asking, and he could only miss the opportunity. At this moment, he finally asked the purpose of the two people. Tang Mingyang suddenly looked happy and said, "So that's it. It's just that the two brothers are dressed in a scholar. If I have a love affair today, why don't I take the exam?"

"This, I have only been a little unaware of my knowledge. This time, I am not sure about it. In two years, it will be a big competition. I want to wait two years before talking about it." Xia Yunzhen said perfunctorily, just wanting to disappear soon. Unfortunately, the other party obviously did not understand Xia Yunzhen's intentions and kept bombing Xia Yunzhen. Until Xia Yunzhen couldn't stand it, she pulled Huang Wanqiu into the ship warehouse, and Tang Mingyang did not follow him.

"Senior sister, this person is really good at saying, Tang Mingyang, Tang and Ming, he really failed this name, and he should call him Long Ye Yang."

When Xia Yunzhen heard Huang Wanying's words, she couldn't help but smile again. The scholar of Tang Mingyang was indeed a little verbose, but he was always polite, so it was hard to say anything bad about him.

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Your smile is so beautiful." Huang Wanqiu added.

Xia Yunzhen couldn't help but pinch the junior sister's face. In fact, it was the same when her junior sister smiled. The identities of the two women were probably seen by others. Although they were not afraid, they were just inseparable from trouble. She only felt a little regretful at this time. If she had known this, she would have been able to look at her face when she went out.

The voices of conversations from next door came over, but several businessmen were talking about the middle-aged man and her daughter. Although everyone was not talking on the deck, they entered the warehouse without any scruples. These businessmen walked around the north and spoke without any scruples. In the past, there were few good women in the same family except for singing girls. After a while, there were many dirty words in their words.

The warehouse on the ship was just a layer of wooden boards, which was easy to hear. However, the ship carried more than 60 people and had more than twenty positions. The merchants were not wary of the residence of the father and daughter with their servants next door. The father and daughter also did not book a good position, so they had to book all the empty positions, which made the boss of the ship overjoyed and was sorting out at this moment. He didn't care about the conversations between the merchants at first, but when he heard that he was talking about his daughter, he suddenly became angry and kicked the warehouse door of the merchants open with a bang, shouting: "You are so brave, you dare to be rude to the concubine. Come and beat me."

The middle-aged man finished speaking and followed him and several servants holding long sticks in hand and rushed over with a fierce look. Several businessmen were talking excitedly, but were suddenly interrupted and were shocked. When they saw that it was the middle-aged man with a hooked nose, they felt regretful. They saw that the other party was hitting him with a wooden stick, of course they had to avoid him. For a moment, a ping-pong sound rang out in the ship warehouse, mixed with the screams of people.

Huang Wanqiu asked Xia Yunzhen with her eyes and signaled whether to intervene. Xia Yunzhen shook her head. These Shang Le were also mean, and it was necessary to learn some lessons. The middle-aged man was not a kind person. His daughter had just chosen to be a beautiful girl and showed off her power. She really made her daughter a concubine. She didn't know how to be domineering.

The sound of the boat warehouse quickly alarmed the house. Many people on the deck couldn't help but run over, blocking the passage tightly, and almost couldn't even squeeze in. Fortunately, the boat owner and the sailor were both Kong Wu and the sailor, so they quickly squeezed over in the middle of the narrow passage. The boat owner looked at it majesticly before asking: "What's going on?"

When the boat boss came, the middle-aged man stopped fighting inside, and the middle-aged man said first: "These people actually talked dirty words to the concubine behind their backs. The boat owner, if they don't take them down, I want them to search the house one by one."

"Boat, it's unjust. We just talked about a few singing girls. But I didn't know that this man suddenly rushed over and said that we insulted the concubine and injured us. Who is this person? Boat, you have to make the decision for us." Several merchants shouted loudly, one of them had blood on his head, but fortunately the warehouse was narrow and the long stick could not be used. Otherwise, with the hatred of this middle-aged man, several merchants would probably have to be hurt even more.

"Bah, dare: don't admit it. Where did the courage just now go? The boatman quickly took down these rude people to the imperial concubine."

"The boatmen are wronged. I will take the murderer down and see the official." Several merchants were beaten to death and were unwilling to admit that the words just now were targeting the girl. Although the other party was not a concubine, since he chose to be a show girl, he would be considered the emperor's person.

This large ferry has a half square nature. As the Manchus entered the pass, the north and the south were in opposition, and the canal transportation between the north and the south was completely interrupted. Hundreds of thousands of ship workers who had originally relied on the canal to make a living had no livelihood. In order to solve the livelihood of these people, in addition to vigorously selecting the strongest among them to be naval forces, the remaining people must find another way out.

Until the emperor ordered the establishment of a shipping company to continue transporting inland rivers, and eliminated most of the old-fashioned ships, creating many new ships for transporting people and cargo. The new ships are very huge, so they are very popular among merchants and people traveling by the river. However, the only disadvantage is that the ship is good and the price is naturally expensive, far from what those ship workers could buy. The Ministry of Revenue Bank lent the ships to ship workers in the form of loans to form a joint-stock enterprise in the later generations. Each ship is jointly held by the ship boss and the ship workers. They also bear the huge debts of the Ministry of Revenue Bank. Before paying off the loan from the Ministry of Revenue Bank, the name of the ship was still owned by the Ministry of Revenue Bank.
Chapter completed!